... transferred to the Ist Battalion in 1916 in France. He was present at the ’Battle of the Somme, and in July, 1917, was taken prisoner after the Battalion’s epic stand at the Battle of ‘the Dunes Repatriated in 1919, he rejoined the 4th Nor-‘ thants in 1920 ...

... s“e‘(‘;;t&':i wrest supremacy in gurop(- strangely in March this week. from the Germans. Once again, after a silence of The Battle of the Somme. 15 years, friends and relatives Among the thousands of men e dtl;ggarx?a't? nest DUT from all nations who laid whether ...

... ~_Mr. Yates was injured in ythe back of his ht leg ,with small pieces of shrapnel from a bursting shell during the battle of the 'Somme in 1916, He was laid up for several weeks in .a hospital at Rouen, but his . .wounds .. were ..not: serious enough ...

... Children’s Hour), is that X-rays have just shown 21 pieces of the explosive bullet which “had his name on it” in the first battle of the Somme in 1916. So once more Unole Mac has been on the operating table. When I asked him how many operations this made, he ...

... mun:tf man he went Canada and, until the Fi World War, went into fa ing there. He juined 1 Canadian Army and, in t battle of the Somme, w wounded and lost the low part of his left leg. He w sent to Milton Park to con valesce. S—atly wne? Heémarried in ...

... September, 1913, vice with the Bth Northand has been employed as amptonshire Regiment at a clerical worker in every the Battle of the Somme time office in the factory in 1916 forced him to find and latterly in the ac- Other work. He joined counts department ...

... in and-a-half long, half an inch thick, and weighed half an ounce. Mr. Haywood was struck by the shrapnel during the Battle of the Somme in 1918 when serving with the 2nd Wellington Regiment. The metal pierced his eye and became lodged behind it. ~ Time ...

... Benedict. But to veterans of the first World War it is something more: it is the anniversary of the beginning of the Battle oof the Somme ABOUT 150,000 refugees have crossed into India from East Pakistan so far this vear. a spokesman of the Rehabilitation ...

... initiative the Alliesl launch offensives around the whole perimeter of the war. The British fight the five months’ Battle of the Somme. 10.05 THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW My Husband is not a Drunk . . . he's only under the influencel 10.30 NOT SO MUCH A PROGRAMME ...

... TODAY marks the oot anniversary ol the opening of the Battle of the Somme in the 1914-18 war. It was a day described as “fateful and fatal” in the history of the 1/4th Battn. the Duke of Wellington's Regt., the Halifax Territorial unit. “No one who was ...

... portray one'’s grief and pride on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme? This massive slaughter left a reek of death which the years have little diminished. The villagers of the Somme valley put paper Union Jacks in their windows last weekend, ...

... 40, Heathy Lane, Holmfield, Halifax. ortray one's grief and pride on the 50th f the Battle of the Somme? This massive eek of death which the years have little the Somme jon Jacks in veekend, but Letters are accepted for “QOther People’s Opinions ”’ on ...